Re: Montana: "Let's make stupidity mandatory!"

On 1/16/2025 4:24 PM, Zen Cycle wrote:

On 1/16/2025 4:37 PM, AMuzi wrote:

On 1/16/2025 3:19 PM, Zen Cycle wrote:

On 1/16/2025 4:14 PM, AMuzi wrote:

On 1/16/2025 3:09 PM, Zen Cycle wrote:

On 1/16/2025 3:15 PM, AMuzi wrote:

On 1/16/2025 2:05 PM, Catrike Ryder wrote:

On Thu, 16 Jan 2025 11:27:20 -0500, Frank Krygowski
<frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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On 1/16/2025 4:39 AM, Catrike Ryder wrote:

On Wed, 15 Jan 2025 21:28:08 -0500, Frank Krygowski
<frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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I'm reminded about a parable about a poor widow contributing two tiny
coins, a trivial amount, but “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put
more into the treasury than all the others. They all gave out of their
wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything —all she had to
live on.”

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So she starved? WTF? Are you really OK with that?

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Good point: WTF!
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I'll bet you think the guy who told that tale should have been
crucified, right?

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Good grief, Krygowski, you have no idea who made that story up.
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-- C'est bon
Soloman

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[raises hand]
Uh, Mark?
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https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Mark-12-42/
https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Mark-12-43/
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As one godless heathen to another, I say "well-played sir, well-played"
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Merely not being a Christian is no excuse to ignore English lit!
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I wouldn't exactly call the bible english lit.
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It's absolutely fundamental, and a gargantuan outsized influence on everything which follows, from Shakespeare to Lincoln.
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(The King James anyway. If you read it in the original Hebrew (Part I) and Greek (Part II), then I have no opinion
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 True, but except for the recent movement in some states to shove the bible down students throats, you won't find many English lit classes where the bible is on the syllabus (nothing showed up in my half-assed search, I could be wrong).
 I was however surprised to see how many colleges have a "bible as literature" course offering.
 

Correct.  Each man is on his own regarding deeper meaning or lack thereof. But it really is fundamental to understanding English literature.
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